Title from wax sealed wrapper meant to enclose folded letters
"Carta de Tupac Amaro", p. [1-4], is dated and signed: Campo de Ocorroco y en 3 de 1781. Jose Gabriel de Tupac Amaro Ynca
Anonymous letter, p. [5-16], dated: Lima y febrero 11 de 1781
Letter, p. [17-20], dated and signed: [...] de Riccho y Creno ... 1781
Letter, p. [21-22], dated and signed Carrillo de Albornoz, Lima y febrero [...] de 1783
Anonymous letter, p. [25-27], is printed in two parallel columns of ms. and is undated
Anonymous letter, p. [29], is dated Cuzco 27 de diz[iembre] de 1787
Anonymous letter, p. [31-38] is undated
All letters concern the uprising of José Gabriel Tupac-Amaru and its consequences. He was captured in 1781 and drawn and quartered by the Spanish authorities for his rebellion
John Carter Brown Library copy unbound and unsewn
John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Bromsen Fund